This website has 4 main sections:-Original Texts and Studies
-Texts and Translations
-Texts in English Only
-Indian Prosody: Texts and Studies
there are also Reference Materials
Maps of Ancient Buddhist India
Audio Readings of Selected Texts

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The Buddhist Forum
The Buddhist Forum was first published by the School of Oriental and African Studies, University of London (issues numbered 1 through 5), and by the Institute of Buddhist Studies, Tring, UK (number 6). The series made public research initially presented as part the series of seminars hosted by SOAS between 1987 and 1997, also known as the Buddhist Forum. Over time the issues have run out of print, and become increasingly rare. It is, therefore, with great pleasure that as a result of an agreement between the Institute of Buddhist Studies of Tring, UK, and the Institute of Buddhist Studies, Berkeley, California, USA, that we are here able to present electronic reproductions of the first two issues. The process of conversion will continue until all six issues are available.

Currently available volumes:

Volume I
Introduction
Recovering the Buddha’s Message, by R.F. Gombrich
How the Mahāyāna Began, by R.F. Gombrich
Pāli Philology and the Study of Buddhism, by K.R. Norman
How Buddhist is Theravāda Buddhist Law?, by A. Huxley
Kill the Patriarchs!, by T.H. Barrett
Exploratory Observations on Some Weeping Pilgrims, by T.H. Barrett
Images and Permutations of Vajrasattva in the Vajradhātumaṇḍala., by I. Astley-Kristensen

Volume II
Introduction
Devil’s Valley ot Omega Point: Reflections on the Emergence of a Theme from the Nō, by T.H. Barrett
Buddhism, Taoism and the Rise of the City Gods, by T.H. Barrett
The ‘Five Points’ and the Origins of the Buddhist Schools, by L.S. Cousins
Some Formative Inf1uences in Mahāyāna Buddhist Art, by P.T. Denwood
The rNying-ma Interpretation of Commitment and Vow, by G. Dorje
Saṃvṛti, Vyavahāra and Paramārtha in the Akṣamatinirdeśa and its Commentary by Vasubandhu, by Ch.E. Freeman
Monk, Householder and Priest: What the Three Yānas Mean to Newar Buddhists, by D.N. Gellner
Councils as Ideas and Events in the Theravāda, by C. Hallisey
The Practical Implications of the Doctrine of Buddha-nature, by S. Hookham
Observations on the Tibetan Phur-ba and the Indian Kīla, by R. Mayer
Theravāda Buddhism and Brahmanical Hinduism: Brahmanical Terms in a Buddhist Guise, by K.R. Norman
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